May 8, 2013
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To some, Windows 8 is a marketplace failure. But its flop has been nothing compared to Microsoft’s perpetual disaster in getting anyone to use its Windows Phone operating systems. You don’t need to worry about Microsoft’s bottom line though. Thanks to … Continue reading
March 29, 2013
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Google’s Open Patent Non-Assertion (OPN) Pledge, in which Google promises “not to sue any user, distributor, or developer of open-source software on specified patents, unless first ‘attacked”, sounds good. Indeed, it is good. But this is far from the first … Continue reading
March 26, 2013
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I know. If you wanted to be a lawyer, you would have gone to law school instead of spending your nights poring over K&R. Tough. In 2013, if you’re an open source programmer you need to know a few things … Continue reading
October 31, 2012
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“Boo!” Microsoft has just been sued by a heretofore little-known operating system technology firm, SurfCast for its use of tiles in Windows 8’s Microsoft Design Language interface, a.k.a. Metro. SurfCast, based out of Portland, Maine, claims to have been the … Continue reading
August 28, 2012
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At first glance, it looks like Apple cracked Samsung like an egg in their US patent court victory. Lawyers don’t see it as being that clear-cut. Besides, questions about the jury’s rush to judgment –they didn’t even bother to read … Continue reading
August 24, 2012
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The jury in Apple vs. Samsung, doubtlessly eager to be out by the weekend, rushed their way through the approximately 26 pages and 55 questions of their instructions and decided that Samsung did indeed violate some of Apple’s patents just … Continue reading